Parking meter advertising device



Nov. 4, 1952 QLL. SANDAHLLJJRW ETAL 2,616,196

PARKING METER ADVERTISING DEVICE Fii'd May 23, 1949 div/m3 0. HOPK/A/J.CHAPL 56 L JA/Y0AH4,J2

INVENTOR5.

ATT N EY ible-l 01: l lcioseni -ig ingonder Patented Nov. 4, 1952 ch m;LR samisiii; in, anii' na'plifiisi.

in aJ peijliingenifier fiiivertisi'ng de ice :eiidfhes for an.bbjectftheprbiisibn of. a device of thiskind which may he. temoildb'lyetttaeheti tethever-tising heemix g' silzxi. filatesu may be quieli ly;ar d.

easily deta'e hed from-their --sep pop tihg braekets' so that; othersign plates bearing different advertising mettermaybe-substituted. I a Yifihptfhen--objet-ef the pres'ept -invention is te provide-ere-improved.a,dve tising;sign of this. character in; which two-sepaxateg-seei ring;means are provided ionholding, the clamping member onthemostotithea-parkingemeten, one of said.

securing, :means'1-eemPPisingf-0ne of the. sign plete supporting;breeketstend the-signtplgte- A still -iurthei objeet of thezpresentinvention is to: previde an improved; adyeztisingr device in which oneo-"the securing means ior holding, the clamping, member on-the pestipar-tially concealed nem -view ind not readi1-y eeeess I I mal:e1mereemcee tampering; -with-: or-removabby an um'u i'themize(i one-'01"itszbroadestaspeetethe :pnesent inventiog eontempletesi the;-provi'sion== ofan im-- proved. marking. meter.- ebd ertising, devicecomprising; s pain at 5pivota11y eonneeted semi-em :for: clampingaround, the awking metempost; lugs dansieei-by :saidq ai'ms, seeuzmgmeans: momited. ion sa id:, 1ug"s 011 :holding: saidiir-engagenfmt;With-ithe-Jpost; =-a.- .plui'a ity; or. sign-k :plate supportingbrackets mounted. onsaid arms and sigir plaltes attached to said with'theii oifegoinzaaridwdthefobjectsein viewie denoted: "the 'sa'm'e:reiei ene; numei alsx througheuta'thezseveramiwstz' Figure i a:aperspeafiwesiew; w p gmn mounted: tneveozethe'improved da-- viceconstructed aviz-maniaawe. with. the "fires;

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I mgm'elzifsua; qto fem view the improved; device illustrated:etteichezi w: a.- ;p'a-rkmgrmeter wmenfie-shown: im transverse section?l igux ew is a om the ime.

M 'etflgum zsmisiooking mvectiomot tlie m" erallyyf-rom the uppetportion. of, the am III and its lower qfaee has overlapping engegmiitwithjtheupper; tape of the. :ear 13 01 'the arm H which extendslaterally {from the Iower portionzofthe-arm lg l', -A pivot-whieh mayhein thel'form of -apin llextehdsfthgoug'h the aligned apertures of,theea rs 1 2 "and Layne; they ali e in over1a,pped@re1a,tion.- Qneengiof the pin I} has an enlarged: head M ami itsoppositevenfd portionhas. en open-ing for receiving, a. cotter pin 16 oe-the like-topreye'n'tthe escape of the pivot :pinJ-l fromtheapertu-reci ears.

outwardly therefrem etan angle of the 'ofdi of ninety. degrees to-form;1ugs H and I8} respeetiveiy; which ave previdee with obeni'n'gs f9andi-O, respectively; Aviasten ing element which may be inv theiorgh o fa-sei ew threaded bolt-'11 I: extendsfill-03gb the aligned openings 1'9anol- 2 0; of -the-1-ugswl1 and J8 when the arms I and ll are broughtinto clamping engagementwith" a;-

post 22 efl-a; peekingpr eter 23. Thefhoit '21 is held ii-i itsoperative .posi-tionhy ei ut 24.

-A- sign .-p1ete supperting-bracketcomprises sections 25- and-16 whieh-are ii1ourited on the. lugs l1 and. 1 |8, respeetive1y,h ar oaredisposed at an angle 0: the order oj'riiriety degrees thereto. Thesections .2 5 and 26 extend ir1- Opp site dirdtiens to-oi e apothei' andovei'lie the Iugs IT 'eliid I8' and -bolt 2i and nut-V (2 4. bracket sotiloris 2'5 and i-qma fbe termed sepafate'iy from the lugs 11 ana' 'fa,respefiii'ly or may be cast 45 integrally therewith. Each of these'tions 25 and 26 is-.=substentia,1ly. reetanguiar inushep'e and isprovided with e serew threeded vholevi l;

,A signeplete ig heyi i g. holes -i 9 Which-megister with the holes 2the-sections IS anti "26' is detachablymounted on :thefiseetioiis byscrews 30 which- ,are received--by the aligned holesin thesections-andplate.

Adjacent their pivotaily eenneeted ends, the

arms-w andl l -hawe webs 3 l 'a nc i 3;, respectively, whiehmaybe formedseparately froth-the arms or may be cast integrally therewith. The webs3i and 32 have mounted thereon brackets 33 and 34, respectively, whichare provided with screw threaded holes 35. Sign plates 36 and 8? aredetachably mounted on'the brackets 33 and 3%, respectively, by screws 33or the like which extend through suitable holes in the sign plates 35and 3'! and the brackets 33 and 34, respectively. The sign plates 23, 35and 3'? may be made of metal, plastic or rubber and may be of anydesired configuration, but in the present illustration are substantiallysquare and when mounted upon the post 22 or" the parking 'meter form asubstantially equilateral triangle. The plates are adapted to haveinscribed thereon advertising matter, information or other desirablematter. i i

In the use of the device, assuming that the sign plates have beenremoved from the brackets and that the nutz t andthe bolt 2! have beenremoved from the lugs ii and it, the arms Hi and I i may be moved aparton their pivot it until the space between the free ends of the arms issufliciently large to permit the clamping member A to encircle the post22 of the parking meter 23. The clamping member A may then be securelyattached to the post 22 by means of the bolt 2! and the nut 2 5.

During the opening and closing movements of arms H 3 and Il thecontacting surfaces of the ears I2 and i3 will act as bearing surfaces.This arrangement will properly guide the arms in their pivotal movementsso as to maintain the arms and the openings l9 and 28 of the lugs ii andI8 in proper alignment to facilitate the insertion of the bolt 2itherein. The clamping member A may be positioned at any suitable heighton the post 22 and the nut 24 may then be tightened to maintain thedevice in the select-' ed position. The sign plates may then be mountedupon their respective brackets.

It will be noted that when the sign plate 28 is secured to the bracketsections 25 and 2e, it will provide an additional securing means forholding the arms it and l i in clamping relation to the post 2'2. Thebracket sections 25 and 2t and the sign plate 28 will also overlie andpartially conceal the bolt 2! and the nut 2 3. This arrangement will, tosome-extent, protect these parts against the elements and willalso'serve to make it more dinicult for an unauthorized person to tamperwith or remove the device from the parking meter.

The sign plates are so mounted on their brackets that they may bequickly and easily attached thereto and removed therefrom. This willprovide a means of substituting new sign plates.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in thedetails of construction and design of the-above specifically describedembodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof,such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of thefollowing claims;

What we claim is:

1. An improved parking meter advertising device comprising a clampingmember comprising a pair of pivotally connected semicircular arms forembracing the post of the parking meter, a lug on the free end portionof each arm and extending outwardly therefrom at an angle of the orderof ninety degrees, contracting means mounted on said lugs for clampingthe arms around the post and into tight frictonal engagement therewithto prevent rotative movement of 4 the clamping member with respect tothe post, a sign plate supporting bracket supported by at least one ofsaid lugs and being disposed at an angle of the order of ninety degreesthereto, said bracket being provided with anopening, an advertisingbearingfsign plateadapted to be secured to said bracket and having anopening therein in alignment with the opening in said bracket, and

a fastening element extending through said sign aligned openings forattaching said plate to said bracket.

2; An improved parking meter advertising device comprising aclampingmember comprising a pair of pivotally; connected semicircular arms forembracing the post of the parking meter, a lug mounted on the free endportion of each arm, contracting means mounted on said lugs for clampingthe arms around the post, a sign plate supporting bracket connected toeach of said lugs, each of said brackets being provided with an,openingQan advertising bearing sign plate adapted to be secured to saidbrackets and hav--' ing openings therein in alignment with the openingsin said brackets, and fastening elements extending through said alignedopenings for attaching said plate to said brackets, said lugs extendingoutwardly from said arms at an angle of the order of ninety degrees andsaid brackets extending at an angle of the order of ninety de grees tosaid lugs for overlying said contracting means.

3. For usewith a parking meter having a post, an improved advertisingdevice comprising a pair of pivotally connected semicircular armsadapted to be clamped around said post, contracting means mounted on thefree end po'rtions of said arms adapted to clamp the arms around saidpost and into tight frictional engagement therewith to prevent rotativemovement of the clamping member with respect to the post, the combinedinside circumference of said arms being less than the outsidecircumfer-- ence of the post, whereby when said arms are clamped aroundthe post the free end portions of the arms are spaced apart, a signplate supporting bracket mounted on the free end portion of each arm andhaving an opening therein, a sign plate adapted to-be detachably mountedon said brackets so as to bridge the space be-- tween the free end"portions of said arms and having openings therein in alignment with theopenings in said brackets, fastening elements extending through saidaligned openings for attaching said plate to said brackets, and asignplate supporting bracket mounted on each arm intermediate the endsthereof and adapted to detachably support a sign plate. 4. An improvedparking meter device comprise ing, a pair of pivotally connectedsubstantially semicircularly shaped arms for embracing the. post of aparking meter, said arms each having a projecting portion at the freeend thereof, means cooperating with said projecting portions to clampsaid armsaround. the parking meter. post and into tight frictionalengagement therewith to prevent the device from rotating, a sign platesupporting member carried. by atleast one. of said pivotally connectedarms at the free end projecting portion thereof, a second signplatesupporting member carried by one of'said pivotally connected armsintermediate the pivot point,

and free end portion thereof, a third signplate supporting membercarried by' the-other of said pivotally connected arms intermediate thepivot" point and the free end portion thereof,- each of.

said sign plate supporting members being adapted to carry an advertisingsign plate. said sign plate supporting members being positioned withreference to each otheigto provide a triangular configuration when signplates are secured thereto.

CHARLES L. SANDAHL, Jn. JAMES O. HOPKINS.

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